6 New Menu Items Hit Disney World — What to Try and What to Avoid

Reviewing new Disney food items is literally our job — it’s a tough one, but someone has to do it! ?

Classic Mickey Ice Cream Sandwich

We go to try many new menu items that Disney World releases to be able to share with YOU, our readers, if this is worth your time and money. Spring is here, and Disney added 6 new items around the parks and hotels, so we are sharing which ones you should grab and which ones you can probably avoid.

Totally Orange Cone

At Disney’s Pop Century at Everything POP, we recently tried the Totally Orange Cone for $6.49. It was a great creamsicle flavor. It has a nice vanilla flavor mixed with a tart orange flavor. The freeze-dried Skittles added a really interesting textural experiment by exploding in our mouths! It was a fun snack, and we loved how different it was from your run-of-the-mill vanilla or chocolate ice cream. If you like creamsicle, we say grab this one!

Totally Orange Cone

Cake Bar

While we were there, we tried the Cake Bar for $6.29. This Orange Cake Bar was buttercream and Skittles freeze-dried candy on top. The icing is the main flavor with a bit of citrusy flavor to it. The cake itself was supposed to be orange flavored as well, but it was really lacking in that area. This one was disappointing and isn’t something we would go out of our way for.

Cake Bar

Pretzel Nuggets

I will let you in on a secret: our team was so excited to try these! You’ll want to head to Block & Hans in the American Pavilion at EPCOT for these Pretzel Nuggets with Beer Cheese for $8.50. The pretzels are made with garlic butter, barbecue rub, and beer-cheese sauce. Yum, yum, and YUM! We’re happy to report that these are AMAZING. The pretzels are soft and chewy, but the beer cheese steals the show.

Pretzel Nuggets with Beer Cheese

S’mores Cake

The Plaza Restaurant added a new dessert, the S’mores Cake for $10. This is a chocolate cake with chocolate ganache, toasted graham cracker crumbs, and toasted marshmallow mousse. The dessert is rich and filling, but the is moist and dense enough to feel fudgy. This was delicious, and if you love very indulgent desserts, grab a friend and share this one!

S’mores Cake

Strawberry Shortcake

If you’ve been a reader for a while, you know we LOVE Garden Grill at EPCOT. They just added a new Strawberry Shortcake dessert that is included in the family-style meal. The cake is very dense and almost a little dry. The strawberries are good, but we wish the syrup would help moisten the cake. It’s an ok dessert, but not enough to eat here for that reason alone — however, we love the food here, so there are more reasons to eat here!

Strawberry Shortcake

Apple Hand Pie

Over at Fort Wilderness Resort at Trail’s End, we tried the Apple Hand Pie for $6.29. The dough is flaky, but a bit on the dry side. The filling has tender apples and a sweet cinnamon syrup. We were left wishing there was more filling to dough ratio. If you are staying at the resort, we say grab one if you love apple pies, however, it’s probably not worth a special trip over there for just this.